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Cayan Tower, known as Infinity Tower prior to its inauguration, is a 306 metres (1,004 ft), 80 story skyscraper in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates by Cayan Real Estate Investment and Development. The tower is designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill SOM architectural group, the same group who built the Burj Khalifa also in Dubai and Trump Tower in Chicago. Upon its opening on 10 June 2013, the tower has become world's tallest high rise building with a twist of 90 degrees.
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104/365 Infinity.
Some infinities are bigger than others" - The Fault in Our Start.
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Infinito.
"Algunos infinitos son mas grandes que otros" - Bajo la misma estrella.
...chiedo scusa per la ripetitivtà, ma non sapevo scegliere quale fosse migliore... e visto che Flickr ha deciso di donarci 1 Tb... beh... Perché scegliere? :P
lots of lovely architectural shapes here. first camera visit, plenty to keep me busy for a while yet.
The Infinity Bridge is a public pedestrian and cycle footbridge across the River Tees in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees in the north east of England. The bridge is situated one kilometre downriver of Stockton town centre, between the Princess of Wales Bridge and the Tees Barrage and it links the Teesdale Business Park and the University of Durham's Queen's Campus in Thornaby-on-Tees on the south bank of the Tees with the Tees Valley Regeneration's £320 million North Shore development on the north bank.
Built at a cost of £15 million with funding from Stockton Borough Council, English Partnerships and its successor body the Homes and Communities Agency, One NorthEast, and the European Regional Development Fund the bridge is a major part of the North Shore Redevelopment Project undertaken by Tees Valley Regeneration.
The bridge had the project title North Shore Footbridge before being given its official name Infinity Bridge, chosen by a panel made from the funding bodies, using names suggested by the public. The name derives from the infinity symbol formed by the bridge and its reflection.
A special feature is made of the way the bridge is lit at night. This lighting scheme was designed by Speirs and Major Associates who also designed the lighting for the Burj Al-Arab. At night the bridge handrail and footway are lit with designer blue and white LED lighting built into the handrail that changes colour as users cross. Attached to the steel cable ties are white metal-halide up-lighters to illuminate the white painted bridge arches, and blue LED down-lighters to illuminate the water and ground surfaces immediately below the deck.At night from certain viewing angles when the river surface is flat calm, the twin arches together with their reflection in the river appear as an infinity symbol ∞, and it is this effect that inspired its name.
At the start of construction a temporary jetty was built on the south bank to enable the building of a cofferdam for the safe construction of the central pier. In April 2008 the supporting legs were added to the central pier.Steel falsework was constructed in the cofferdam by Dorman Long[ to support the ends of both incomplete arches as they cantilevered over the river during construction. The first steel arch made from four pieces of fabricated steel welded together, was put in place in June 2008 and was later used to stabilise the cantilevering lower portions of the main arch using a strand-jack and tie cable between the top of the small arch and the large arch and then to reduce sway stress during its progressive construction of the large arch.
The final section of the main arch came in four pieces which were welded together on site and on 5 September 2008 all 170 tonnes of it was lifted into place by a 1,500 tonne mobile crane, the largest in the country. The crane, a Gottwald AK680 owned by Sarens UK is based in nearby Middlesbrough. The crane is 80 metres (262 ft) high with a maximum of 1200 tonnes of superlift, requires 45 transport wagons to move it,and takes three days to set up using a 100 tonne crane.
The concrete deck panels were cast on site using three steel moulds in temporary sheds in a construction compound on the north bank of the river. Using a short temporary jetty on the north bank the deck panels were floated out on a small barge and jacked into position working progressively away from the river pier. The concrete deck sections are held together by steel welds and adhesive.
The footbridge was completed on time and to budget in December 2008 with 530 workers and uses in total some 450 tonnes of Corus steel,1.5 km of locked coil steel cable, 780 lights, 5,472 bolts and weighs 1040 tons. Almost all labour, materials and components were sourced locally.
The bridge was officially opened on 14 May 2009 with celebrations including a sound, light and animation show, parkour freerunners who climbed the bridge arches with flares, and a specially composed music track and synchronised pyrotechnics from the bridge itself with big screens for the estimated audience of 20,000 spectators along the banks. The bridge was opened to the public two days later. Foot traffic is anticipated to rise to some four thousand people a day as the North Shore site develops.
The bridge won the Institution of Structural Engineers' Supreme Award for Structural Excellence 2009,] the premier structural engineering award in the UK. It also won in its own category of Pedestrian Bridges. The other awards the bridge has won include the Structural Steel Design Award 2010,] the Concrete Society Civil Engineering Award 2009, the ICE Robert Stephenson Award 2009, the North East Constructing Excellence Awards 'Project of the Year',and the Green Apple Award for the environment.
Picture by Steven Iceton of www.steveniceton.co.uk
[...] The fear of infinity is a form of myopia that destroys the possibility of seeing the actual infinite, even though it in its highest form has created and sustains us, and in its secondary transfinite forms occurs all around us and even inhabits our minds [...]
-- Quote from "Infinity and the Mind" (1995) by Rudy Rucker.
Paris, France (September, 2007)
A very foggy evening at The Infinity Bridge. the far side of the bridge disappeared into freezing fog! Thanks to Scott for the invite on his southwards bound trip. :)
The Infinity Bridge at Stockton on Tees which links the town with the University campus on the south side of the river.
This was early evening on a still December day.
Last of the set !! Building work going on over the other side so couldnt get the better composition.
I have been enjoying a wide range of bourbons for many years. A few years ago was turned on creating your own bourbon blend with the last of your bottles of bourbon into a decanter. The idea provides an interesting mix of your favorite bourbons that can last as long as you keeping adding those last few shots to the decanter.
This is a composite image taken with a gridded Godox TT685. About six shots were taken of background, bottle, glass, and overhead to get the image. Once in Photoshop the layers were blended and edited.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Bridge
The Infinity Bridge is a public pedestrian and cycle footbridge across the River Tees in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees in the north-east of England. The bridge is situated one kilometre downriver of Stockton town centre, between the Princess of Wales Bridge and the Tees Barrage and it links the Teesdale Business Park and the University of Durham's Queen's Campus in Thornaby-on-Tees on the south bank of the Tees with the Tees Valley Regeneration's £320 million North Shore development on the north bank.
What an amazing, amazing weekend. The weather here was absolutely wonderful. A little windy, but the temperatures were spring-like. Saturday night we went to see the legendary Von Freeman at Andy's Jazz Club. Together with a stroll around the River North area, it couldn't have been a better evening.
And yesterday it was a spur-of-the-moment photo meetup. I'd really wanted to go, but was looking for any excuse not to get out of my pajamas and out of the house. But a decision was made and I quickly brushed my teeth, got dressed and headed out. And I am so glad I did. It was a group of photographers that I'd never met before and it was billed as a CTA Tour of Chicago. We met at the historic Quincy Station (built in late 1890's) and rode the train around the city, stopping at various points to walk around and shoot. We stopped for coffee at a local coffee roaster, Asado half-way through to relax, talk and share what we had taken up to that point. We had some fantastic coffee and didn't stop shooting even while we were there.
It was such an amazing day. It was a great group and we had so much fun. It was a rare moment when we all weren't laughing and/or smiling. This was one of the places we stopped and I managed to squeeze in this quick selfie. The weather was so gorgeous that I was just carrying around my coat, but I put it on for the pop of color amid all the rust. Not crazy about my pose and expression, but it was just one shot. I set the 10 second timer, ran to my spot and called it "good enough."
It was another awesome weekend and I know that this coming weekend will be an incredible experience. Something I've been looking forward to for a long while now.
For Me Again Monday Theme for Monday November 14th - word
A crossover of Marvel and Star wars where Tony Stark collected all of the different kyber crystals to create the ultimate lightsaber, the Infinity Saber!
For Rob Brindley.
Last one of the series of slow water beach shots for the moment. Two Kood ND4's + Kood 2X Grey graduated filters on the front of the lens were used to achieve a 25sec exposure and milky water effect, I liked the way the sunrise pink light was picked up by the top of the posts
Winchelsea, East Sussex - UK
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